1913 "jazz"; was: Terror Dome; Dallas Morning News (1885-present?)

[Benjamin Zimmer]

On Wed, 7 Sep 2005 19:28:17 -0400, George Thompson wrote:

>jazz man (or 1 word):  Amer. Mercury Apr. 392/1 1926 (from the OED --
>probably beatable)

1919 _Chicago Tribune_ 27 Apr. VIII3/2 Jim Europe and the band of Negro
jazzmen which was with the Three Hundred and Sixty-ninth infantry in
France come for a week's engagement in the auditorium.

See also Carl Sandburg's "Jazz Fantasia" from _Smoke and Steel_ (1920):

Drum on your drums, batter on your banjoes,
sob on the long cool winding saxophones.
Go to it, O jazzmen.

>jazz record: a letter by Hart Crame, written December 5, 1923, from the
>OED -- this should be beatable

[1917 _Chicago Tribune_ 14 June 7 (advt.) Come in and hear these jazz band
records.]

1917 _Indianapolis Star_ (Ind.) 7 Nov. 4 (advt.) Another Jazz record that
has all the old noises and a few new ones added for good measure.


--Ben Zimmer